Wave-motor.



PATENTED MAY 28, 1907i J. W. NEAL. WAVE MOTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16 1906.

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ATTORNEYS PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

J. W. NEAL. WAVE MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..16,1906.

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APPLICATION FILED LIABHIB. 1906.

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PATENTED MAY 28-, 1907.

J. W. NEAL. WAVE MOTOR. I APPLICATION FILED MARKS, 1906.

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To all whom 112? may oommrn:

Be it known that 1, Jon): W. NEAL. a citi Zen of the l'nited States. and a resident of iieolia, iiauui, iiuwaii, have invented a new and improv d Trove-Motor, of which the following is al'ull, clear, sud exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in wave motors, the object being to provides wave motor of c'om'parntiveiy simple coirstrnction. that will respond quii'kly snd with m'en motion to any degree of wave mo n nienl, and providing power for nmchinery on and.

Other objects of'the inventionwili in the general description.

i wiil de :ribe a wave motor embodying tnenpoint out the novel fezntircs in tho s3). iendcd claims.

iiefsrenre is to 6 hard to the sosompanying drnwir forming a port of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi ate corresponding ports in sii theiigures.

-iigure l side deviation of a wsvs moinvention; 2 is a plain s sscrtion on the lino 33 appear l thercoi; i of Fig. prcssor ing; Fig. Sis a section on tholincof Fig. Fig. 5 is a detsiishowing the. clutch mechanism employed; Fig. is a section on tho line 7 7 of Fig. 6; and Fig. t-l is a section on the lino t---t of Fig. 3.

"lhc motor conuarises s frsme it) of boxillit construction gnid nrcfcruhiy the frame will be provided with roilers ii so that it may be coni'cnicntly lnmched or d swn over the Yhcu tho d' '-.'icois in ":e outer it is l us indiratcel at E2. Arranged on si is ill the l'rni'n-cnrc i'nsiugs iii which contain this gearing for operating the compressors.

Slinits extend across rho frame it), one of said shafts, being extended intoythe casing at one sins, l'or instimre, shall 14 leads into the casing i3 indignted at the uppers-lilo of Fig 2, while the shalt 15 leads into the oppo casing and it nuty be here stated that while i have indirnled four sets of genrings zil ui iour comprtssors, i do not limit my invtoution to may particular mnnber. A

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description of the operating gearing in one rnsing'will answer tor all.

the cam Extended from ouch shaft. within ng urn arms Hi, to the outor ondfi I hich hollow iiosts i? are. stun-lied. tiles": tloats being designed to riso and hill with tho wnvo mowments. Keyed ig. -i is e. plan of the sir coin l l i to the shafts 14 within its casing are clutch disks 1S. mid mounted loosely on the shaft and co-acting with .the disks aregcar wheels 19, '20, the inner sidcs of which, as clearly indicated in Fig. 7 project over the disks and are designed to be engaged by friction clutch members 21 which are pivotally connected to the disks; and near their outer ends these clutch members move in guides 22 attached to the disks. The clutch members are arranged at a slight tangent with relation to the shaft,. the members at one side being arrsnged sin revcrso tangent to those at; the other side, as it is to be understood that; one gem wheel remains idle while the other is in motion; that is, when the lost moves u)- wnrd it will cause a movement of the dis s to force the clutch device into engagement, with one. gear wheel and release the .clutch device from tho opposite gear wheel,- amd this will be reversed when the float moves downward.

The gear 19. meshes with a gear wheel -0 on the orsnk shaft 124 provided with a crank wheel 25 from which a )itma-n 26 extends to the eompressor as wili be hercinai'tcr de-' scribed. The gear wheel Bdmcshcs with a gear whoei lZ'i on s connferslnrft 2S and on this countershaft is a gear wheel 2!) engaging with a gear wheel 30 on the crank shaft 24. By'th'is arrangement of gearing the crimk shsft will he keptin constant motion in one dirertion only while the lloat moves up and down. 'lhc clutch members are held yieldingiy by means of springs 31 connected to the disk and engaging with the clutch members.

i will now describe the compressor: It consists of a cylinder 32 connected to the casing 13 by means of hrlickcls 3'3 and it will be seen that the cylinders extend outward from the casings into the water so that thc cylinders are kept cool without employing the usual water-jacket. vidcd at its lower side and extended throughits wall with an inlet port 34, and at its upper side with an inlet port 3."); atthe outer end the port 34 comnmnicatcs with the interior of the cylinder through a port 36 leading" into a chamber .iTwhich has port communioation 33 with the interior ol the cylinder; the'port 36 is controlled by a valve 39 hero shown as a lap-valve, but any other form of valve may be employed.

At; the inner cud, the mention with a chamber Each cylinder is proloo controlled by a valve 4:2 and the said chamber communicates with the cylinder through a, port 45.

At its outer end the port 35 communicates With the chamber 37 through a totintrolled by a valve 4:5, and the chamber has A flexible air tube extends from.

suitable point on land, for instance, from a power house, to the port and a similar flexible pipe 51 leads from theport 35 to supply the compressed air to the machinery to be driven on land or in the power house.

Operating in the cylinder is apiston 52, the rod 53 of which moves through a stridingbox 54 and the inner end of the rod connects with a cross-head 55 movable in guides lifi. The pitman 26 has pivotal connection with the cross-head 55 as clearly indicated in the drawings.

Each casing has a man-hole 57 so that the machinery can be cmiveniently reached for operating or repairing. The man-hole has a cover 58 which is suitably secured in position toprevent the entrance of Water.

in the operation, the piston moves in ward, opening the valve P9; and closing the valve 45, on this inward movement this arrangement, air will drawn into the cylinder and the air at the rear side of the cylinder will be forced through the port 47 into the port 35 and out through the pipe 51. On the reverse movement, the valves 39 and 48 will be closed a'nd the valves 45 and 42 will be opened; thus air will be drawn in at the rear side of the piston and forced out from the front side of the piston.

In my invention, it will be observed that the oscillating motion of the floats will keep the crank continually revolving in one direction only, and continually compressing air with the least oscillating motion. If the floats rise one inch and then fall three inches, and again rise one-half inch, the crank shaft will make a revolution of four and one-half inches. This means that if the fulcrum is one-fifth the float must rise five inches, to cause a revolution of one inch of the crank shaft.

seacae Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

i. In a Wave motor, a buoyant frame, a shaft supported on the frame, a float having connection with the shaft, two gear Wheels loosely mounted on the shaft, clutch devices carried by the shaft for each gear wheel and oper i 1;; alternately, and a crank rotated in one direction only by the alternate operation of said gear Wheels.

2 In a wave motor, a buoyant frame, a casing on the frame, a shaft extended into the casing, a float having connection with the shaft, two gear wheels loosely mounted on the shaft Within the casing, clutch devices carried by the shaft for each gear wheel and operating alternately, a crank rotated in one direction only by the alternate operation. of said gear Wheels, and a compressor carried by the frame and operated in said gearing.

8. in a Wave motor, buoyant frzune, a casing mounted on the frame, a slmf t extend-- ed into tire casing, two disks rigidly connected to the shaft, gear ivlxcels loosely mounted on the shaft adacent to the disks, clutch devices carried by the disks forengaging with the wheels, the clutches on one disk b0- ing inclined in an opposite direction to the clutches on the other dish, a float having connection with said shaft, a crank shaft, driving connection between said gear wheels and the crank shaft, whereby the crank shaft is rotated continuously in one direction upon the up and down movement of the float, and device on. the frame operated from the crank. shaft.

4. A wave motor comprising a buoyant frame, a plurality of casings arranged on op posite sides tlmreof, shafts extended into the casings, arr-us extended from the shafts, floats supported by said arms, crank shafts in'tlie casings, driving; connections bet-ween the floats and crank shafts, and air compressors carried by the frame and operated from the crank slaal s. v

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J(llll\i WI NEAL.

Witnesses:

E. MoGonmsron, M. It. Tnvss. 

